Tragedy Apathy

For some reason, God has been having a field day rolling out the big guns of natural disaster on the little petri dish known as planet earth. In less than a year's time, we've had a devastating Tsunami, massive hurricanes, and this latest, a deadly quake in S. Asia. I don't think some stores have even bothered taking down their "Donate to the Red Cross" signs since January. Reading the articles that flood the front pages of my home page, seeing tortured faces in misery splashed across the fronts of newspapers, it all seems so surreal at this point. It certainly does trivialize those other local annoyances, like strikes and such. But does all this tragedy, one right after another, run the risk of forming apathy among us?
When the Tsunami hit S. Asia, relief funds were in abundance. You could practically trip over the donation sites. When the first few hurricanes hit our gulf coast, it was a toned back effort, but nonetheless, a present one. When Katrina hit, it almost seemed like people were 'over' the idea of humanitarian aide, though. Few places sported relief efforts, or were slow to set up. I had to actually hunt for a clothing drop site, and I am still unsure as to it's legitimacy. And in the wake of this recent event in Pakistan/India, I've seen...nothing. There's still a few Katrina signs up, but nothing for the people overseas. So, what? Did we forget to continue caring? Are we completely tapped out? It truely is a sad day for the human race if we have.
This isn't going to be a long post, I just wanted to get that out there, and hopefully spur a bit of discussion.